Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The end of the arm; a good distance off.
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Examples
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Even when at the district-school, he preferred spending 'noon-time' among the girls to racing around with the boys, pitching quoits, wrestling at 'arm's-end,' 'back-hold,' or playing base-ball and goal.
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